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Need info on getting tubes tied (in the future)!

Okay ladies, I've been really thinking lately about how badly I want another baby but I know that because of my illness it's not in my cards just yet. It will be approximately around March when I'll be given the okay to ttc. Anyway, my dh does not want another baby because he's soooooo afraid ill get sick again. My illness did not come from having a baby btw, it came from mouse droppings and I only contracted hanta virus because my body was completely run down from having a baby and being up every 20 minutes to nurse baby since she was born for 4.5 months.

What I'm thinking is...if I can convince dh to have another baby, I would consider getting my tubes tied during my next planned c-section to really make him feel better about the decision, knowing that it would only be one more.

What I'm wondering is, if we decided after 5-10 years that we wanted to try for a third baby after all, how likely would it be for us to get pregnant after getting my tubes tied? How much does it cost to un tie them? And how long did it take you to conceive after getting your tubes un tied?

I have absolutely no idea about the specifics of getting ones tubes tied. However, I do know that it is meant to be a "permanent" bc solution. If you have any doubts about wanting more kids in the future, you should probably not get it done! What about getting an iud, aren't they like 99.9% effective?

Hi, thanks, I'm not looking to be on birth control (hormones) long term and especially not the IUD. Thank you anyway!:) Also, I'm about 99.99% sure we will stop after having one more. I'm just thinking about all my options.

I was think of getting it done as well, but later on. Maybe in ten years?! I'm 26. I wanted to get a tummy tuck at the same time. I got some lovely loose skin on my belly, that I don't think I can get rid of from working out.

What about getting your hubby snipped and getting him to freeze sperm and if you guys consider it again you can use that ? I'm told it's a lot easier and safer for a man to get it done ( unless like you said it's possible to do it during your c section )
good luck :)

Some doctors also won't do it during a c section, because of the "just in case " factor, like if the unthinkable happened, or you change your mind about continuing with your family after the baby is born. It's also my understanding that a tubal ligation is quite difficult to reverse vs a vasectomy. The best person to ask about this is your OB, they would have the best source of information about it.

My husband refuses to get a vasectomy! We only want 1 more for sure... so sadly i will need to take action with my body and get tubes tied or something. .. i need to look into side effects, costs etc. Like jojo i will not use an iud or birth control pills so we need something permanent to put my mind at ease (after our 2nd baby)

I was considering doing this myself I'm not sure of this is an option but I was going to talk about freezing some of my eggs just in case I change my mind later on. Like you said I for sure want 1 more and I'm ok with that being my last but I want a backup plan just in case I change my mind and eventually want a fourth.

My friend had her tubes tied during her csection and low and behold she was pregnant 3 years later! No intervention, just the tube tie procedure apparently didn't work. It is supposedly easier to test if the vasectomy worked than if the tubal ligation worked (die test etc for the women vs sample from the guys)

I have heard it can be pricey to untied them. If you are not 100% sure about it I wouldn't do it.

I'll tell you my story. After having 2nd DD, husband didn't want more kids but I did. I wanted to try for a little boy. But DH was adamant on no more so he got a vasectomy 2 months after second dd was born. This was back in 2002. Fast forward to November of 2012 (10 1/2 years after vasectomy) DH keeps bugging me that he wants another baby and wants to have a reversal. He had brought this up the year before too. I was hesitant at first but said okay. In December 2012 we got it reversed. But the chances after a 10 year old vasectomy drops drastically and it cost us $6000 to get it reversed. We took our chances but they were slim.

We ended up being one of the lucky ones and we conceived 4 months later.

All this to say that I would of rather had taken some form of birth control instead of having something done permanently.

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